Peter Ryan

Peter Ryan

Nation:	Canada
Automobile world championship
First start:	1961 USA Grand Prix
Last start:	1961 USA Grand Prix
Constructors
1961  Wheeler Autosport
statistics
World Cup balance:	no World Cup placement
Starts Victories Poles SR 1 - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Peter Ryan (born June 10, 1940 in Philadelphia , † July 2, 1962 in Reims ) was a Canadian racing car driver .

Career

Peter Ryan began his career in local racing in Canada in the late 1950s and soon gained some great results. His victory in the 1961 Canadian Grand Prix in Mosport on a Lotus 18 - Climax , which was not part of the World Championship , brought him to Europe and Colin Chapman gave him a works contract .

In 1962 he was to contest a full Formula Junior season for Lotus. At the end of 1961 he also started his only automobile world championship race. At the US Grand Prix he finished 9th, but four laps behind the winner Innes Ireland , who gave Lotus the first Grand Prix victory.

Ryan got off to a brilliant start in 1962 and won the first race of the junior formula in Mallory Park . The second run - the “Coupe de Vitesse des Juniors” on the Reims race track  - ended tragically for him. In a collision with Bill Moss' vehicle , he was thrown out of his car and died of internal injuries on the racetrack.

statistics

Statistics in the automobile world championship

These statistics include all of the driver's participations in the World Automobile Championship, which is now known as the Formula 1 World Championship .

general overview

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
1961	J. Wheeler Autosport	Lotus 18/21	Climax 1.5 L4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
total				1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th
1961
								9

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1962	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 250TRI / 61	John Fulp	failure	Engine failure

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1961	Eglinton Caledonia Motors	Porsche 718 RS / 61	Francis Bardley	Ludwig Heimrath senior	Rank 9
1962	North American Racing Team	Ferrari Dino 248SP	John Fulp		Rank 13

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
1961	Eglinton Caledonia Motors	Porsche 718	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	PES
			9
1962	NART Ian Walker	Ferrari 250TRI Ferrari Dino 248SP Lotus 23	DAY	SEB	SEB	MAY	TAR	BER	ONLY	LEM	TAV	CCA	RTT	ONLY	BRI	BRI	PAR
			15th		13				DNF	DNF

Web links

• Peter Ryan at Racing Sports Cars (English)